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        <td bgcolor="#6699FF"><h3 align="center" class="mpresents">Triangle Java Users Group Presents: </h3>



        <p align="center"><!--webbot bot="HTMLMarkup" StartSpan --><STRONG class="mtitle"><!--webbot BOT="HTMLMarkup" endspan -->Developing Web



        Based, N-Tier Java Applications using Declarative<br>



        Business Rules<!--webbot bot="HTMLMarkup" StartSpan --></STRONG><!--webbot BOT="HTMLMarkup" endspan --><br>



        by <!--webbot bot="HTMLMarkup" StartSpan --><SPAN class="mpresenter"><!--webbot BOT="HTMLMarkup" endspan -->Val Huber, Chief Technology



        Officer<!--webbot bot="HTMLMarkup" StartSpan --></SPAN><!--webbot BOT="HTMLMarkup" endspan --><br>



        from <!--webbot bot="HTMLMarkup" StartSpan --><SPAN class="mcompany"><!--webbot BOT="HTMLMarkup" endspan -->Vision Software<!--webbot bot="HTMLMarkup" StartSpan --></SPAN><!--webbot BOT="HTMLMarkup" endspan --></p>



        <p align="center" class="mdate">Monday, January 19, 1998 <br>



        6:30 PM - 9:00 PM</p>



        <p align="center" class="mlocation">LOCATION: MCNC



        Auditorium <br>



        3021 Cornwallis Road <br>



        Research Triangle Park, North Carolina</p>



        <p align="center" class="mphone">919.248.1800</p>



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<p>Topics that will be covered in the presentation include:</p>







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    <li>Business advantages of Internet/Intranet/Extranet



        applications</li>



    <li>Current status of Java tools</li>



    <li>Declarative Business Rules approach</li>



    <li>Deployment of business rules to Corba</li>



    <li>Technical aspects of business rules and their types</li>



    <li>Demonstration of Vision Soft's Vision Jade product to



        build and deploy a Java Intranet application.</li>



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<h3>AGENDA: </h3>







<p><b>6:30 - Meet, talk, snacks </b></p>







<p><b>7:00 Presentation </b></p>







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<p><strong>Val Huber</strong> joined Vision Software in 1995 as



vice president engineering and chief technology officer. Mr.



Huber brings extensive experience in building relational



databases, repositories, and forms management systems to his



management role at Vision. Before joining the company, Mr. Huber



was the lead architect at Sybase for the Enterprise Momentum



program. While at Wang, Mr. Huber was instrumental in projects



for which Wang received patents, including the following:



interactive means for database maintenance, retrieval of related



records from a relational database, interactive error handling



means in database management, and relational database systems.



Mr. Huber received a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, and did



post-graduate work in Computer Science at Vanderbilt University.</p>







<h3>DIRECTIONS to MCNC: </h3>







<p><b>From Raleigh: </b><br>



Take I-40 West toward Durham and Chapel Hill. You will enter RTP.



Where I-40 splits, bear right onto the Durham Freeway North



(Highway 147). Take the Cornwallis Road Exit. At the end of the



exit ramp, bear right - cross back over the Freeway. MCNC is



located approximately 3/4 mile on the right. </p>







<p><b>From Durham: </b><br>



Get on the Durham Freeway South (Highway 147). Take the



Cornwallis Road exit. At the end of the ramp, bear right - MCNC



is approximately 3/4 mile on right. </p>







<p>For a map with directions, visit the <a href="http://trijug.org/mcnc/?/gotomcnc.html">MCNC web site</a>. </p>







<p>If anyone has questions, please contact <a href="mailto:kelly@interpath.com">Dan Smith</a> at (919)



460-3120. </p>











